On the third day of Velo-city 2019, participants of the session ‘Cycling for the Ages’ discussed cycling for all human ages – children, teenagers, adults, elderly and everyone in between. Will Haynes from Sustrans held a presentation about the UK...

  Day three of Velo-city 2019 began with a stimulating plenary on ‘Infrastructure from the City to Greenways’! Infrastructure is the backbone of cycling development. In different contexts and cities, different approaches are taken. For some...

The growth of cycling tourism over the past decade has meant that destinations have had to develop unique selling points in order to stand out in an increasingly crowded market place. During this session, we heard about the new products that have...

The Velo-city 2019 Dublin Bike parade was filled with music, theatre, sport, culinary delights, and a designated UNESCO biosphere! Kicking off with some distinct Irish culture, delegates will congregate at the recently unveiled Luke Kelly Statue....

This invigorating session at Velo-city 2019 focused on the role of cycling data in informing policymakers and planners. It began with a presentation from ECF’s Fiscal and Economic Policy Officer, Holger Haubold, who explained the role data...

Happiness and health were the focus of today’s opening plenary, kicking-off another day dense with insights, ideas, inspiration, food for thought. The World Health Organisation is increasingly sharpening its emphasis on delivering a global action...

On the second day of Velo-city 2019, participants had the opportunity to hear some of the best practices shared by the leading cities of Europe during the session dedicated to the ‘Cities & Regions for Cycling’ led by Niccolo Panozzo,  Head...

Cycling technologies are often driving technological innovation in the entire mobility sector, and can be a tremendous contribution to sustainability goals in cities public policies. The first day of Velo-city 2019 Dublin concluded with a...

  On the first day of the Velo-city 2019 the participants of the “City Changer Cargo Bike” session discussed the limitless potential of the cargo bikes to solve many mobility problems and their power to change our cities. “Cargo bikes are a...

“Does legislation help you develop cycling and cycling infrastructure or on the contrary, is a hindrance?” - asked Camille Thomé, directress of the Vélo&Territoires network of French cities and regions. Not surprisingly, the answers varied from...

This session featured contributions from different countries around the world on how cycling contributes to economic and social development.  The presentations covered a range of topics, including fiscal incentives that can boost cycling;...

Session 1A of Velo-city kicked off today with a discussion about Autonomous vehicles (AV). First on stage was ECF’s own road safety and technical policy officer, Ceri Woolsgrove. He examined some of the claims made about the capacity and impacts...